Improvement in stock-cars



H. S. MOODY:

Stock-Gar.

No. 208,839 Patented Oct. 8 1878.

ATTORNEYS.

N.PErERS, PHDTO-LITHOGRAFHER. WASMINGIDN, '0 G UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

HENRY S. MOODY, OF OMAHA, NEB., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TOCHARLES I. KARBAGK AND JOSEPH A. COOMBES, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN STOCK-CARS.

Specification lbrming part of Letters Patent No. 208,839, dated vf 1979;application film July 16, 1979.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY S. Moom', of Omaha city, in the State ofNebraska, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Constructionof Stock-Oars, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The object of my improvement is to protect cattle while beingtransported in railway-cars from bodily inj uries,to allay fever, and toconnteract the efiects of heat, thirst, and exhaustion, from which theanimals so severely suffer as the result of the present mode of transit,my improvement affording to the consignor the full benefit of the normalweight and condition of the cattle, and to the consumer the benefit ofmeat in a prime and healthy state.

The improvement consists of a series of movable bars, so arranged thatthey may be moved up and down at pleasure, the bars to be composed oftwo or more small iron or gas pipes, with iron rods running throughcenter of pipes, having a head at each end, the bars to be adjusted to ahead fitting the slots in the standards, through which they are workedand fastened by two pins, one above and one below.

The slots are bored at diflerent points for the adjustment of the barswith pins. The bars, when not in use, are in their places under theroof. They are a part of the car, and cannot be taken out or movedexcept in the slots.

My improvement in no way interferes with I the use of car for ordinaryfreight.

To load the improved car, proceed as in the ordinary way. After drivingin the requisite number of cattle, secure the opening at the door with abar; then half-close the door and move two sliding standards from theirposition at the respective sides of doors or openin gs to their relativeposition at center of doors, and fasten. The movable standards containbars similar to the others. Lower and adjust readjust sliding standards,so that the doors can be readily opened and the cattle discharged.

In accompanying drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal section of astock-ear provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a cross-section ofsuch car. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views of the stationary and movablestandards respectively.

The body or main frame of the car A is constructed in the ordinarymanner. A certain number of the stationary standards B on each side ofthe car are slotted longitudinally to adapt them for attachment ofcross-bars C thereto. The said cross-bars extend transversely across thecar, and two or more are attached to each pair of oppositely-arrangedstandards. The cross-bars G are provided with shoulders a and heads I),which are in frictional contact respectively with the inner and outersides of the standards, and serve to prevent lengthwise movement of thecross-bars. The latter are held at any required height from the bottomof the car by means of pins 0, which enter holes in the standards.

The cross-bars may be constructed each of one piece, or they may becomposed of an outer tube and an inner rod, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4.The cross-bars C are raised and secured at the top of the standards B,as shown in dottedlines, Fig. 1, when the ear is used for ordinaryfreight. This is also the position they occupy before the cattle to betransported are driven into the cars. They are then lowered and securedin the position shown, so as to form a barrier or partition between eachtwo of the cattle, and thus prevent one crowding or otherwise injuringthe others.

Besides the stationary standards B, I employ movable ones D, which aresimilarly slotted, and have cross-bars O similarly attached. The movablestandards are placed in the doorways of the car, and may be adjusted tothe right or left on cleats or guide-strips (I. They are held orfastened in any adjustment by means of hand-bolts c, which enter holesin the top and bottom of the car respectively. The ends of the standardsD are slotted to adapt them to tit and slide on the strips d,- but I mayattach guide-rollers to the upper ends of the standards to facilitatetheir adjustment, and their lower ends may be inserted in sockets. Saidmovable standards will occupy a position equidistant between the sidesof the doorway when the car is closed; but to open the doorway they aremoved toward the right or left, as the case maybe. From the tank E,located in the roof of the car, extends a pipe, F, which has branches Gleading down the sides of the car, and provided with perforations. Apump, ll, is connected with the pipe F and located contiguous to thetank C, for the purpose of forcing water through the pipe, and thusspraying the cattle, when required, in order to cool them, or allayfever and thirst, The tank l) may, of course, be located exteriorly ofthe car, if preferred.

I do not claim, broadly, a stock-ear provided with adjustable standards.

hat I claim is- 1. The railway stock-ear having the series of slottedstandards or posts and cross-bars extending between and through saidstandards, and the pins for fastening the cross-bars in any adjustment,all combined as shown and described.

2. The rods provided with shoulders a and heads I), in combination withthe slotted standards, as specified.

3. The adjustable standards D, slotted longitudinally and provided withnotched ends and sliding bolts e, in combination with the ways orguide-strips 11 secured to the floor ot' the car, whereby provision ismade for providing the doorways of the ear with standards, substantiallyas and for the purpose described.

II. S. MOODY.

Witnesses:

N. J. BURNIIAM, tnAs. W. EDGERTON.

